Classification | Erste Lage 1ÖTW |
Alcohol | 13,5% |
Taste | Dry |
Aging Potential | great aging potential, twenty years + |
Serving temperature | 08 - 12 C |
Closure | Stelvin |
Awards | Falstaff 93/100, James Suckling 93/100 |
Bottle sizes | 750ml, 1500ml |
Our family’s favourite Riesling vineyard is situated on the hill just behind the winery: Ried Koegl. South facing stone walled terraces sheltered from westerly winds by the offshore Steiner Kreuzberg. These ancient terraced vineyards are characterized by schist, mica-slate and gneiss. The Koegl vineyard is located directly along the border between Stein/Donau and Krems/Donau, extending into both towns.
Harvest end of Oct.; picked by hand; destemmed before crushing, gravity fed into press; skin contacting for 12 hours; separation of the press- and free run juice; sedimentation in the juice for 48hrs; first racking of partly cloudy grape juice off sediment; fermented in stainless steel for six weeks. Fine lees contact until before the summer 2023; earth filtration; bottling in July 2024.